1956

By buksilover
  • Period: to

    Soviet controll

    Hungary remains under Soviet control, with limited political freedoms and a repressive regime.

  • The Revolution begins

    The Hungarian Revolution begins with a student protest in Budapest, demanding political reforms and the withdrawal of Soviet troops.

  • Radio and Statue

    The protests escalate, with demonstrators taking control of the Hungarian Radio building and broadcasting their demands for freedom and independence and also taking down the Stalin statue

  • Soviets fight back

    Soviet tanks are deployed to Budapest, leading to violent clashes between protesters and the military.

  • Nagy Imre

    The Hungarians demanded Nagy Imre to be prime minister and the withdrawal of the soviet troops

  • Invasion

    The Soviet Union launches a full-scale invasion of Hungary, crushing the revolution and forcing Nagy Imre to flee to the Yugoslav embassy.

  • Restoring the communist regime

    Soviet forces seize control of Budapest, ending the revolution and restoring the Communist regime called the Kádár regime

  • Imre Nagy Seeks Asylum

    imre Nagy seeks asylum in the Yugoslav Embassy, but he is later arrested by Soviet forces, marking the end of the revolution's leadership.

  • End

    Imre Nagy is captured by Soviet forces and later executed for his role in the revolution.

  • 1989

    1989 with the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of the Soviet Union there was a change of the regime in Hungary as well ending the communist oppression